Monday was mostly spent handicapping next week’s college and pro football cards in the Tuley’s Takes home office, though I also had to duck out for a few hours to take my son to Las Vegas Youth Orchestra practice, which was held Monday even though Las Vegas kids didn’t have school on Monday (teacher institute day or something).
I would like to say that the first Monday Night Football game of the season was worth the wait but we lost our Best Bet of the day on a 2-team, 6-point teaser on Broncos -1/Over 38 as both sides came up short in the Seahawks’ 17-16 upset. For my full betting recap of the game, see my VSiN.com newser HERE as we wrote/posted that story Monday night in addition to this column. For the condensed version, see our regular daily recaps below. I also lost my lone MLB 1st 5 play of the day on the Rangers 1st 5 + 110 at the Marlins as the game was tied 0-0 heading into the bottom of the 5th inning when the Marlins scored 2 runs. Let’s recap the rest of the Monday action, including finalizing the NFL Week 1 betting stats along with our Contest Corner recap of the big Vegas contests (the Circa Survivor carnage continued with the Broncos’ loss). I’ll then conclude with our top MLB 1st 5 plays for Tuesday and update our early-week leans for NFL Week 2 (we hope readers were paying attention early Monday and grabbed the Vikings + 3 at the Eagles).Monday’s recaps
NFL: Seahawks held off Broncos 17-16 in Russell Wilson's return to wrap up Week 1. The Seahawks did it after closing as 6-point home underdogs and + 224 on the money line. The stayed Under the betting total of 43.5 points with only 3 points scored in 2nd half.
More NFL: Faves went 10-5-1 SU in Week 1, but split with dogs at 8-8 ATS. Road teams went 9-6-1 SU, but home teams led 9-7 ATS. The subset of home dogs went 2-6-1 SU but 5-4 ATS (note: Vikings were originally 10th home dog vs. the Packers as they were around + 1.5 throughout the summer, but they closed as 2-point home faves, so they’re not graded as a home dog for these purposes). Unders dominated at 11-5, including 3-0 in prime-time games on Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights.